Posted on 05/18/2022 9:07:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
With just a few tenths of a percentage point separating Mehmet Oz and Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania’s GOP Senate primary, it may be weeks before we know who won.
There are still thousands of votes left to be counted — largely absentee ballots that will be processed slowly in the coming days.
And once those votes are tallied, the race is likely headed to a recount — a process that could drag into early June, according to state law.
Here is what you need to know about Pennsylvania’s still-uncalled GOP Senate primary.
There are also some counties still reporting in-person votes as well, but those numbers are likely smaller than the remaining mail votes.
There are a lot of steps involved in “pre-processing” mail ballots — everything from physically removing ballots from multiple envelopes to verifying that they were cast by a valid voter — and counting them, which means it tends to be a slow and time-consuming task compared to tallying votes that were cast in person.
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Same MO.
Wait until the needed number are needed then find them.
Another great reason, dear reporter;
NEVER TO HAVE MAIL IN BALLOTS.
They should be outlawed.
These close races result from being to cautious in cheating.
There, fixed it - just like the election.
Anyone want to bet that the 'rat wins? They'll keep counting and "discovering" mail in ballots until they have the win.
Gotta find the votes to squeak out a win.
Hannity will have to restock his bar a couple of times before this is over.
The only way to allow for limited mail-in ballot is to have double blind tallies: NO release of totals until all legal ballots are counted.
I guess Ms K. Barnette has been shut out of the primaries.
Oh well. Nothing is guaranteed, especially in republican politics. She said if she did not win the primary she would NOT be voting or supporting the winning GOP candidate.
I hope she changes her tune on that one.
Kathy could be very useful to the party, but she needs to lighten up (no pun intended). She could still make a name for herself.
You know that it’s a Republican primary, right?
Anyone want to bet that the ‘rat wins? They’ll keep counting and “discovering” mail in ballots until they have the win.
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It’s a PRIMARY election; each party has it’s winners. Now if you’re labeling a candidate a ‘rat, that’s another issue.
They should pass a law that says they have to stop counting when the number of ballots exceeds the number of registered voters by more than 150%.
It warms my heart to see the country’s election processes have improved since 2020. /s
I like Kathy Barnette in premise, and I think she'd be a pretty good US senator, but in practice, she has shown that she has a lot of work to do to be a success at that statewide level.
Taking a cheap "wifebeater" shot at Sean Parnell on twitter was a big tell for me, might have changed some last minute votes. Announcing on election day that she won't support the other candidates if they win is another misstep. She doesn't have to actually support those other candidates, maybe she curries clout and favor by picking some local swing districts and works for those candidates where she was most successful, but by making that explicit statement, it not only looks like sour grapes, it makes that statement the first question any journalist is going to ask her if she pops up on the campaign trail and it hurts her chances in future elections because whether we like it or not, party politics depends on building networks.
Building networks.
That’s right. Even in the age of high speed internet, politics remains primarily a hands on, face to face, relationship building method of serving the voters.
You cannot do it alone, no matter how right you think you are.
Re: 3 - Disagree 100%
No mail-in ballots mean military personnel are disenfranchised.
Stop this mail in ballot nonsense.
Which Democrat will win to face the other Democrat in the fall?
Oz isn’t a rat. He’s a full-blown democrat. He is just running as a republican to screw Trump over when Trump is president again
“You know that it’s a Republican primary, right?”
And I would not be surprised if is the democrats and Rino’s who are counting the votes.
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